I have been a lover of sports since I was young.
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Lover
//ˈlʌvɚ//
Synonyms for "lover" (199 found)
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381 translations across 87 languages.
Ahom
1 entries- 𑜀𑜦𑜡 𑜍𑜀𑜫 noun (one who loves another person)
Albanian
2 entries- dashnor noun (sexual partner)
- dashnore noun (sexual partner)
Alviri-Vidari
1 entries- عاشوق noun (one who loves another person)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἐραστής noun (one who loves another person)
- ἐραστής noun (sexual partner)
Arabic
4 entries- عَاشِق noun (one who loves another person)
- عَاشِق noun (sexual partner)
- عَاشِقَة noun (one who loves another person)
- عَاشِقَة noun (sexual partner)
Armenian
4 entries- սիրած noun (sexual partner)
- սիրահար noun (one who loves another person)
- սիրահար noun (person who loves something)
- սիրեկան noun (sexual partner)
Asturian
1 entries- amante noun (person who loves something)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- aşiq noun (one who loves another person)
- məşuqə noun (sexual partner)
- oynaş noun (sexual partner)
Bashkir
2 entries- ғашиҡ noun (one who loves another person)
- ғашиҡ noun (sexual partner)
Belarusian
4 entries- каха́нак noun (one who loves another person)
- каха́нак noun (sexual partner)
- каха́нка noun (one who loves another person)
- каха́нка noun (sexual partner)
Bengali
4 entries- আশেক noun (sexual partner)
- প্রেমিক noun (one who loves another person)
- প্রেমিক noun (sexual partner)
- প্রেমিকা noun (one who loves another person)
Bulgarian
4 entries- люби́тел noun (person who loves something)
- люби́телка noun (person who loves something)
- любо́вник noun (one who loves another person)
- любо́вник noun (sexual partner)
Burmese
2 entries- လင်ငယ် noun (sexual partner)
- သယောက် noun (sexual partner)
Catalan
4 entries- amant noun (one who loves another person)
- amant noun (sexual partner)
- amant noun (person who loves something)
- amistançat noun (sexual partner)
Cebuano
1 entries- uyab noun (one who loves another person)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 情人 noun (one who loves another person)
- 情人 noun (sexual partner)
- 愛人 /爱人 noun (one who loves another person)
- 愛好者 /爱好者 noun (person who loves something)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 情人 noun (one who loves another person)
- 情人 noun (sexual partner)
- 愛人 /爱人 noun (one who loves another person)
- 愛好者 /爱好者 noun (person who loves something)
Church Slavic
1 entries- люблѥникъ noun (one who loves another person)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- sevgili noun (one who loves another person)
- süygili noun (one who loves another person)
Czech
4 entries- milenec noun (one who loves another person)
- milenec noun (sexual partner)
- milenka noun (one who loves another person)
- milenka noun (sexual partner)
Danish
4 entries- elsker noun (one who loves another person)
- elsker noun (sexual partner)
- elskerinde noun (one who loves another person)
- elskerinde noun (sexual partner)
Dutch
4 entries- minnaar noun (one who loves another person)
- minnaar noun (sexual partner)
- minnares noun (one who loves another person)
- minnares noun (sexual partner)
Esperanto
4 entries- amantino noun (one who loves another person)
- amantino noun (sexual partner)
- amanto noun (one who loves another person)
- amanto noun (sexual partner)
Estonian
2 entries- armastaja noun (sexual partner)
- armuke noun (sexual partner)
Faroese
2 entries- sjeikur noun (one who loves another person)
- unnusta noun (one who loves another person)
Finnish
4 entries- rakas noun (one who loves another person)
- rakastaja noun (one who loves another person)
- rakastaja noun (sexual partner)
- rakastaja noun (person who loves something)
French
4 entries- amant noun (sexual partner)
- amante noun (sexual partner)
- amateur noun (person who loves something)
- amatrice noun (person who loves something)
Galician
4 entries- amador noun (one who loves another person)
- amador noun (person who loves something)
- amante noun (one who loves another person)
- amante noun (sexual partner)
Georgian
3 entries- მოყვარული noun (person who loves something)
- საყვარელი noun (sexual partner)
- შეყვარებული noun (one who loves another person)
German
4 entries- Geliebte noun (one who loves another person)
- Geliebter noun (one who loves another person)
- Kenner noun (person who loves something)
- Kennerin noun (person who loves something)
Greek
4 entries- αγαπητικιά noun (sexual partner)
- αγαπητικός noun (sexual partner)
- εραστής noun (one who loves another person)
- εραστής noun (sexual partner)
Gujarati
4 entries- આશક noun (one who loves another person)
- પ્રિયા noun (one who loves another person)
- પ્રેમિકા noun (one who loves another person)
- પ્રેમી noun (one who loves another person)
Hebrew
2 entries- אָהוּב noun (one who loves another person)
- מְאַהֵב noun (one who loves another person)
Hindi
4 entries- प्रेमिक noun (sexual partner)
- प्रेमिका noun (one who loves another person)
- प्रेमिका noun (sexual partner)
- प्रेमी noun (one who loves another person)
Hungarian
4 entries- barát noun (person who loves something)
- kedvelő noun (person who loves something)
- kedves noun (one who loves another person)
- pár noun (one who loves another person)
Icelandic
4 entries- ástkona noun (one who loves another person)
- ástkona noun (sexual partner)
- ástmaður noun (one who loves another person)
- ástmaður noun (sexual partner)
Indonesian
1 entries- kekasih noun (one who loves another person)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- خاطِرْخواه noun (one who loves another person)
- دوسْتْدار noun (one who loves another person)
- دِلْدادِه noun (one who loves another person)
- عاشِق noun (one who loves another person)
Irish
1 entries- leannán noun (one who loves another person)
Italian
3 entries- amante noun (one who loves another person)
- amante noun (sexual partner)
- amante noun (person who loves something)
Japanese
4 entries- 恋人 noun (one who loves another person)
- 情婦 noun (sexual partner)
- 愛人 noun (one who loves another person)
- 愛人 noun (sexual partner)
Kavalan
1 entries- qnangil noun (one who loves another person)
Kazakh
2 entries- ашына noun (one who loves another person)
- ғашық noun (one who loves another person)
Korean
4 entries- 련인 noun (one who loves another person)
- 애인 noun (one who loves another person)
- 애인 noun (sexual partner)
- 애호가 noun (person who loves something)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- ашык noun (one who loves another person)
- ойнош noun (one who loves another person)
- ойнош noun (sexual partner)
- сүйүүчү noun (person who loves something)
Latin
4 entries- amator noun (sexual partner)
- amāns noun (one who loves another person)
- amāns noun (sexual partner)
- amātor noun (one who loves another person)
Latvian
4 entries- mīlētāja noun (sexual partner)
- mīlētājs noun (sexual partner)
- mīļotāja noun (person who loves something)
- mīļotājs noun (person who loves something)
Lithuanian
2 entries- meilužis noun (sexual partner)
- meilužė noun (sexual partner)
Macedonian
4 entries- швалер noun (sexual partner)
- швалерка noun (sexual partner)
- љубител noun (person who loves something)
- љубителка noun (person who loves something)
Malay
1 entries- kekasih noun (one who loves another person)
Malayalam
3 entries- കാമുകൻ noun (one who loves another person)
- കാമുകൻ noun (sexual partner)
- പ്രിയൻ noun (person who loves something)
Marathi
2 entries- प्रियकर noun (one who loves another person)
- प्रेयसी noun (one who loves another person)
Middle English
3 entries- lovere noun (one who loves another person)
- lovere noun (sexual partner)
- lovere noun (person who loves something)
Mongolian
4 entries- амраг noun (one who loves another person)
- амраг noun (sexual partner)
- ᠠᠮᠠᠷᠠᠭ noun (one who loves another person)
- ᠠᠮᠠᠷᠠᠭ noun (sexual partner)
Māori
4 entries- ipo noun (one who loves another person)
- kairoro noun (one who loves another person)
- makai noun (one who loves another person)
- tahu noun (one who loves another person)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- elsker noun (one who loves another person)
- elsker noun (sexual partner)
- elsker noun (person who loves something)
- elskerinne noun (one who loves another person)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- elskar noun (one who loves another person)
- elskarinne noun (one who loves another person)
Old English
1 entries- lufiend noun (one who loves another person)
Old Occitan
1 entries- amador noun (one who loves another person)
Polish
4 entries- amant noun (sexual partner)
- amantka noun (sexual partner)
- amator noun (person who loves something)
- amatorka noun (person who loves something)
Portuguese
3 entries- amante noun (one who loves another person)
- amante noun (sexual partner)
- amante noun (person who loves something)
Romanian
4 entries- amant noun (one who loves another person)
- amant noun (sexual partner)
- amantă noun (one who loves another person)
- amantă noun (sexual partner)
Russian
4 entries- влюблённая noun (one who loves another person)
- влюблённый noun (one who loves another person)
- возлю́бленная noun (one who loves another person)
- возлю́бленный noun (one who loves another person)
Sanskrit
1 entries- कामुक noun (sexual partner)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- cuspair noun (one who loves another person)
- gràdh noun (one who loves another person)
- leannan noun (one who loves another person)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ljubitèljica noun (person who loves something)
- ljùbitelj noun (person who loves something)
- ljúbāvnica noun (one who loves another person)
- ljúbāvnica noun (sexual partner)
Slovak
4 entries- milenec noun (one who loves another person)
- milenec noun (sexual partner)
- milenka noun (one who loves another person)
- milenka noun (sexual partner)
Slovene
4 entries- ljubica noun (sexual partner)
- ljubimec noun (one who loves another person)
- ljubimec noun (sexual partner)
- ljubimka noun (sexual partner)
Southern Altai
3 entries- ойнош noun (one who loves another person)
- ойнош noun (sexual partner)
- сӱӱчи noun (person who loves something)
Spanish
4 entries- amante noun (one who loves another person)
- amante noun (sexual partner)
- amante noun (person who loves something)
- enamorada noun (one who loves another person)
Swahili
3 entries- mpenzi noun (one who loves another person)
- mpenzi noun (sexual partner)
- mpenzi noun (person who loves something)
Swedish
4 entries- älskande noun (one who loves another person)
- älskare noun (one who loves another person)
- älskare noun (sexual partner)
- älskarinna noun (one who loves another person)
Tajik
3 entries- маъшуқа noun (sexual partner)
- ошиқ noun (one who loves another person)
- ошиқ noun (sexual partner)
Tatar
2 entries- гашыйк noun (one who loves another person)
- гашыйк noun (sexual partner)
Telugu
4 entries- ప్రియుడు noun (one who loves another person)
- ప్రియురాలు noun (one who loves another person)
- ప్రేమికుడు noun (person who loves something)
- ప్రేమికురాలు noun (person who loves something)
Thai
2 entries- คนรัก noun (one who loves another person)
- คู่รัก noun (one who loves another person)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- pren noun (one who loves another person)
Turkish
4 entries- oynaş noun (sexual partner)
- sevgili noun (one who loves another person)
- âşık noun (one who loves another person)
- âşık noun (sexual partner)
Turkmen
1 entries- aşyk noun (one who loves another person)
Ukrainian
4 entries- коха́нець noun (one who loves another person)
- коха́нець noun (sexual partner)
- коха́нка noun (one who loves another person)
- коха́нка noun (sexual partner)
Urdu
4 entries- آشْنا noun (sexual partner)
- عاشِق noun (one who loves another person)
- عاشِق noun (sexual partner)
- عاشِقَہ noun (one who loves another person)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئاشىق noun (one who loves another person)
- يار noun (one who loves another person)
Uzbek
4 entries- jazman noun (sexual partner)
- maʼshuqa noun (sexual partner)
- oshiq noun (one who loves another person)
- oʻynash noun (sexual partner)
Vietnamese
2 entries- người tình bạn tình noun (sexual partner)
- người yêu noun (one who loves another person)
Welsh
1 entries- cariad noun (one who loves another person)
Yiddish
4 entries- געליבטע noun (one who loves another person)
- געליבטע noun (sexual partner)
- געליבטער noun (one who loves another person)
- געליבטער noun (sexual partner)
Yup'ik
1 entries- kenkesteka noun (one who loves another person)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
I am a lover of the beautiful.
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He is your lover.
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He is a lover of sports.
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